 Jokes (1453), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 15, 2008
Mostly clear auburn with a thick layer of off-white bubbles laying atop. The aroma starts mostly sweet with residual sugar, navel oranges, light pine, cake-y scones, mild honey and a faint bit of yeasty esters. The body fully and creamy with a nice carbonation that pricks the tongue only occasionally. The flavor profile shows much more hoppiness than I expected from the nose. The bitterness really comes out early, dips slightly in the middle and picks up again at the finish. The sweetness, grainy malt and alcohol all weave in and out with ease, but never truly challenge the citrus and piny bitterness. The finish starts dry, but I think that’s due to the bitterness, as some lingering sweetness finally comes around again. Good, but not my favorite American IPA/Belgian interpretation.
5000 (2579), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 Draught @ Brouwer’s Café: Dirty caramel, a little dark, large frothy off-white head, spotty lacing. Heavy barnish nose with a subtle spiciness. Hard to tell what they are going for here. Very meaty and malty on the tongue. Extremely bready. Musty basement notes as well. This one is a little different as I have no idea what its supposed to be. Its like a heavy Saison, really heavy Saison. Body and mouthfeel are moderate, bubley. Musty basement like finish, bready, a little bright and grassy. Not bad, but certainly different.
Leighton (299), New York, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 16, 2009 Draft at Swift. Pours a lovely, slightly opaque orange-gold with a fine, pure white head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, citrus fruits and some floral hops. Flavor has some nice, though mild, hop character, and some funky Belgian yeast notes. Smooth and crisp on the finish.
biznizness (951), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 Draft at Thirsty Monk in Asheville. Usually I don’t go crazy for these belgian IPA’s, but this one was very well done. Didn’t feel like just an IPA fermented with belgian yeast, like sometimes. This was prettay, prettay, prettay good.
jeremytoni (1118), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 From the tap poured a hazy golden color with a good amount of head. Nice light citrusy hoppy flavor with a lasting finish.
jeff789 (411), Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 17, 2009 Pours a hazy copper with a big sustained white head... Aroma of Citrus hops and belgian yeast take the forefront... Fruity esters finish a dry hoppy mildly creamy medium bodied ale.. Silky mouthfeel... One of the better belgian IPA’s i’ve had...
IrishBoy (2718), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 11, 2009 750 ml bottle from Sandy’s Liquors. Nose is light spices and generous hoppy floral and pine mixed in with some light white grape and pear notes. Lightly hazy dark gold with a big, glass lacing, pale yellow head. Flavor is lightly bitter pine and some spiciness. Finish is nicely bitter.
corby112 (759), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 10, 2009 Pours a cloudy golden amber orange with golden orange hues when held to a light source and a thick, pillowy 2.5 finger white head with excellent retention that slowly settles into a lasting cap that leaves chunky rings of soapy lacing in it’s path.
Spicy hoppy aroma with lots of estery crisp golden fruit notes, especially grape, apple and pear with a subtle malt presence underneath.
Soft carbonation up front with a lightly hopped creamy medium body with some earthy dry pine notes that linger throughout. Sweet estery golden fruit notes from the Belgian yeast. Apple and pear dominate with hints of grape and raisin. Subtle malt backbone provides nice balance. Slight alcohol warmth present throughout yet the ABV is decently masked making it quite quaffable. Very resinous dry pine hop flavor in the finish.
halfonit (472), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 6, 2009 Nice hazy deep golden color. Aroma of fresh floral hops and yeast. Flavor is of citrus, hops, and malts, Has a nice bite in the end.
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